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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: yowmb_fXSSI):
- 00:00:09: Meeting Called to Order and Introductions
- 00:01:13: Review/Approval of Minutes and Gardening Companion Program
- 00:04:02: Early Winter Seeding Program Review and Discussion
- 00:05:40: Addressing Location Confusion and Seed Jug Success
- 00:07:54: Edible Magazine, Produce Sharing, and Storage Rack
- 00:11:19: Dog Safety Program: Co-Sponsorship and Scheduling
- 00:14:08: Library Seed Program and Membership Vacancies Discussion
- 00:20:21: Public Comment: Chris Introduces Pig and Flower Farming
- 00:26:07: Joint Agriculture/Duck Commission Event Proposal
- 00:32:48: Roundtable Meeting Review: Farmland Preservation Initiatives
- 00:47:57: Public Comment: Pig Farming Zoning Question/Complaint
- 01:06:42: Ted Reappointed; Animal Control; Upcoming Programs
- 01:15:18: Adjournment Discussion and End of Meeting


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It's 7:13. Um, gone the meeting of the Agricultural Commission to order. Meeting is being recorded by the local scene, formerly PAC TV. Anyone intending to make an audio or video recording of

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this meeting should notify the chair at this time. That being said, uh, my name is John Webbble. I'm the chair of the commission. >> My name is Ruie Santos. I'm a member. >> Beth Bett. I'm a member.

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>> Gene Landis Snow. I'm an associate member. >> Debbie Mueller inspector. >> Thank you. >> All right. First item. Um, has everybody had a chance to look at the me the minutes? >> Yes.

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Take a quick look back. See if they look good to you. >> They always do. I never see anything miss. >> I know. She's so good. >> I know. >> I hate him. >> Some people just has that talent. >> Me neither.

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>> You tell. >> I totally miss that phone meeting. >> You what? What is the meaning of the planning? >> Yeah, you and >> I had a restication on Thursday. >> Um, I'll make a motion that we accept

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the uh >> I'll second the motion. >> All in favor? >> I >> I Okay, moving on. Update on the 2026 programs companion program. Companion program gardening. Jean, please.

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The woman did a a a little more technical um presentation that I than I had expected, but it was uh very informative. I got the slides. I've sent that out to everybody.

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um she sent two sets of slides, one that's a little more technical than than the other one, but she was trying to explain why why certain plants can go together and why other plants can't go together. And so it was it was wellreceived by the

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very very small group that was there. Um I had hoped to have almost as many as we had for her first reputation, but we did not. And I don't know what to attribute that to unless it wasn't a good date for people or uh we didn't do a good job

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publicizing it. I don't know. Um cuz um Missy put together a really nice flyer and I tried to get that around. We had it on Facebook. >> Uh we had it on >> at the stores. >> Yeah. We had it on on the LED sign at

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the at the transfer station. um had you know had it up at the library and here and over at the council on aging. So maybe it just didn't appeal to people. I don't know. So anyway, it was a small

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turnout but a very very good presentation as always. This woman knows her material. She presents it very clearly. >> Um Don, you were there. You have any comments? Deb, you were there too, right? >> No, I thought it was good. I thought it was a little more technical. It was a

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little too technical. >> A lot of people would have, you know, would have liked to >> zoned out. >> Well, no. I think they would have liked a s a simpler approach. This works with this. This works with that. >> Right. >> Not how the studies are conducted. >> Exactly. >> Yes. I know. I know. >> It got a little uh a little tech.

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>> It's her engineering background I think that that shapes how she presents her programs. >> Uh but it was good. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. She's a good speaker. >> Yeah. She's entertaining and and good. >> Um >> yeah,

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>> early winter seating. Um both De and I. I thought it was good. >> I didn't go. What happened? >> You didn't go. Oh, I thought you did. >> No, I think that was John's back in the kitchen. >> Oh, that's right. Yeah. >> Still still dealing with the kitchen. >> I was wondering how did that go because

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I really wanted to go to that. >> Um well, I went it was really interesting. I've heard her speak before. >> Yeah. I don't know whether u deal directly to Chris here. Um this woman plants in gallon milk jugs, tapes them

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shut, leaves the top, >> leaves the top open and leaves them outside and it's like a mini greenhouse. Done it. It works really well. >> Um the plants >> What seeds did do you use? Well, I used some tomato seeds from her and they

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didn't take but all the zucchini that I brought. Uh uh what else did I bring? Cucumber. Um one of my tomato the tomato plants that I uh seeds that I brought. I don't know whether hers I I don't know what what happened there. Someone else had

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took it had trouble with the same seed. Yeah. >> Um you know, who knows? But overall, it works really well and it's really convenient because you plant them and sort of forget them. You just keep an eye on make sure they stay a little bit

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moist. But >> how many people went about >> nine? 11. >> Really? >> I thought Yeah, probably at least at least 11 or 12. Yeah,

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>> I did get an email from the gentleman on Lake Street that came to the last meeting that had chickens. >> Mhm. >> Um and he thought it was at the Plymouth County, so they went over there. >> Oh my gosh. >> We probably got to do a better job >> job saying this is Yeah.

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>> Where where things are. >> Yeah. >> Um Yeah. So, what do you think of it, Ruie? >> Have you tried it yet? >> Yeah, I tried it. had um put sunflowers in the jug. >> Okay. >> One took, one didn't, and the one that

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took is doing well. Joanne put I don't know what she put in hers, but left it on the porch and we had a windy day. All the seeds all got disturbed. So, we didn't get anything out of that. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> After years past like that's really a

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good way to do stuff. >> It's a good way to start it. Unprotected. >> Yeah. Isn't that still in print? >> Yeah. >> Is it? >> Yeah. >> I haven't seen one for a long time. >> What's that? >> What? >> Oh, >> you get probably get it at grocery store. You get it back.

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>> Tractor. >> Yeah. We used to have a cold case that we started the tobacco in >> put the seeds in there and it was just it was just a glass top and you know >> Yeah. And it would um you know that's how we always started. You know if a

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cold case will work with plastic, clear plastic. >> Well, I don't know. >> A cold case, if it would work with clear plastic as opposed to cold frame, you need cold frame. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Um, probably. I mean, it's the same deal

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as the as the jugs. You know, you're you're creating mini house. >> So, I would think Yeah. that it would work. >> It should. >> Yeah. I might had some blast some old windows

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if you don't come. >> Um, and be well I'll be seeing the bee people Saturday morning. So, >> okay. >> I'll uh and John's talked to him. I mean, he seems willing >> right >> to to get involved. So,

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>> Fox Rock. Yeah. >> Yeah. If you guys haven't gotten the the the most recent edible, um they're in there. Um it's it's just such a great magazine, you know. I know you get get them at the

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egg place, but um yeah, they they had them today where I get my facials. So great. >> Really? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I never brought them. I I didn't think to bring some. Yeah, they're I I always enjoy all the articles they were focusing on fermentation. I think in

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this issue >> um all right protosharing Jean >> I need to schedule >> a meeting with the selectman to um get permission to use the gazebo again but

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I'm I'm planning on doing that again this year. I think each year it's gotten a little people more people know about it and um >> Oh yeah. The stuff flies out of there. >> Yeah. Yes. >> Have you Chris, have you seen the produce here? No. >> There's a little gazebo out back and we

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encourage people if they have extra vegetables to >> to leave some or take some. >> Okay. >> Worked out pretty well. >> It it did. Um I mean somebody brought in a slew of cucumbers and they were gone in their time and tomatoes.

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um a couple squash, you know. >> Yeah, there was zucchini there, too. >> Yeah. Yeah, >> those went quick. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, we really haven't had to worry about stuff going bad. >> Uh somebody someone brought and dropped off some cages that had gone that had

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>> they were Well, yeah, they were. >> Yeah. Well, and I told the Council on Aging, too. You know, they have um free vegetables in on Thursdays, I think. And I I told Holly if they have extras, um

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they can always um bring them over there if they're usable. If not, then I've arranged for them to have a an organic bin to put their stuff in. Yeah. >> Um All right. Maybe not the Dodge. Let me know when you know when and if you

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that appointment with a selectman. >> I don't see anything coming until July probably. >> I'll probably set it up somewhere around the middle of June before I go on vacation. >> Okay. >> No. So, I'll need your your rack again.

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>> Is that in my Yeah, I remember where it's at. Ruy's bar. >> Where is it? >> Because I haven't been tripping over it. Where is it? >> Is it in the right outside the egg room? >> No, it's in the big plant. >> Okay. >> Storage is

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>> Okay. So, I was going to say I could just pick it up. >> I can leave it out if you want. >> Well, got to put it. >> You got to get the official. Okay. Yes. >> It's not hard to put together. It can be kind of a pain in the neck because you have those little collars. But

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>> yeah. Yeah. Um, >> I've put together a million of them. I >> Oh, okay. Good. >> Never fun, but I managed to get them together. >> Uh, dogs. >> Dogs. Uh, I talked to Brandy

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at Wrath. Um, yes, they would love to >> Oh, they would >> co-sponsor with egg. >> Okay. >> And she suggested the downstairs rooms. She suggested when I asked her about times for children, she suggested 5 to

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6. She said that's a good time for families that have kids. >> Really? You think that would be dinner time? >> Yeah. >> Oh, the parents coming home picking up the kids, >> I guess. >> Eat later. >> I don't know. But I think nuggets

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>> Randy knows. Or maybe it's okay. Um, so I have to read. >> Yeah. So, I talked to um Kathy and uh I had dates back in May, but May is gone and I'll be leaving. So, I moved on

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to June. And >> what do you mean you'll be leaving? >> Oh, just a my usual trip to Virginia. >> Oh, okay. I'm leaving. >> Those day things need a big hook. >> The kitchen's not done yet.

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>> So, you're not moving. Uh June 18th is a Thursday and I didn't know if that was a conflict to this commission. That's the only date that I can certainly research. >> Second Tuesday >> is >> and that was all right with Kathy.

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>> Well, you know what? I think we contemplated a summer recess, >> but you know that that would just be a program. So, I mean June 18th would be good if we can get it advertised in plenty of time. >> Well, I think this

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>> it's a month, >> just about enough time. Yeah, >> what are we going to call it? >> Dog safety. >> That's what Kathy sent me. She's the >> Okay, speaker. >> Can I have one of those to put in the April? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, you're going to

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>> But I'm going to wait because she'll do it with a date in place. So, modify it to show it's ours. Okay. All right. So, we don't have to create one. She's going to do it. >> No, I just have to fill out um the form to use the building with

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Brandy. Okay. I already got the verbal. >> Oh, good. You can take care of that. >> So, I can take care of that. >> Thank you. >> All right. So, that is >> June 18th. >> June 18th. >> Thursday. >> Thursday 5 to 6. Do we know if that

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conflicts with anything at the schools? >> No, we do not. >> Okay. >> You think they're they're running late again this year because of the snow? >> I did ask her about school. >> I had the last day. Why don't >> Last date is June 23rd.

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>> Okay. So, I thought >> All righty. >> Thanks, De. See Library Dean >> up and running. >> Okay, good. Uh they were um Gail is in charge of it and um after I spoke with

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her about getting it out a little earlier uh because they said here we have this winter seeding program where people could have stopped by and gotten seeds. So she said, "Well, you know, we never do it until she told me May 1 or

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something." And I said, "Well, that's a little late for some of the some of the things." So she did get it out. We talked about the lack of donations. Um, did we ever get anything from the friends saying thank you for the money?

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>> Remember we >> I don't have my notebook with me. >> We gave them $100 >> for purchasing seats. >> I want to say we did. >> Okay. >> All right. I just want to make sure they got it. >> They did. Oh, they they got it. But I Yeah. >> All right. >> And my organizational skills.

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>> Okay. All right. So, um, she and I agreed that there's a lot of Oten there's too many seeds in in a packet for one family. So, she had, um, gotten some smaller little brown envelopes and she had a sign there that said, you

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know, if you don't need everything in in a packet, just take what you need and and, you know, in one of these little brown things. So, she said that seemed to be working. >> Yeah. instead of wasting seeds, you know, if we don't have enough coming in. >> Yeah.

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>> We don't want to have them wasted. >> So, yeah. You know, and and it's such a beautiful little case and I >> I forget what town >> had theirs on was it on Facebook and it was it was just like ours. It was

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just really really pretty and they had the doors open showing the seed packets and everything. So, I was going to suggest to Kingston maybe they do that too to so people know what what we're talking about. If people

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haven't armed at all, they probably don't know what we're talking about, you know. >> If you grew up in Dorchester, they probably don't know. >> Yeah. A lot of people never had a garden, so >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Um, all right. Great. Chris, was there

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anything specific you wanted to come or you just wanted to check things out? Oh, okay. >> Good idea. >> Oh, good. Okay. >> Hey. Yeah, we have a few members missing tonight. >> And we need a member.

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>> We We need an associate member. >> We do. >> We still do. >> Yeah. Because when Deb um Beth moved up >> Oh, okay. >> She was an associate. >> All right. Okay. Um I thought we had All right. >> And what is Missy a Is Missy a voting

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member? >> No. >> No. >> She's the elect. >> Yeah. But but >> she doesn't get to vote. >> I know. But then does that mean we have a full a full slate?

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I'd have to >> Yeah, I have to look because for some reason I was thinking we needed um >> I was too >> an additional man. >> It's been mentioned before. >> It's been mentioned before. >> I thought so, but you know, maybe I was

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not thinking of of Missy. Now, as you know, there's an election this weekend. Yeah. >> So, we'll have a couple of new select people. >> Who's not running? >> Who is not running? Eric and Don. >> And Don

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>> Alre. Yeah. Um Eric bought a place up in Maine and he wants to spend more time there. Understandably, >> I guess Don had been there what six years or so. >> So tolerant. Yeah.

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>> Yeah. So I think he just wanted to move on. It was four people running and uh >> two seats >> for two seats. So, we'll have to see who gets on there and if they change who our

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I hopey stays on because she does a great job on the flyers then. >> Yeah, even if she doesn't come to the meeting, she does a great job on the flyers. >> Oh, even if she doesn't, she those flyers. >> She could. Yeah. Yeah, she could. I'm

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sorry. I thought I had a list of um of you. Okay. John, Beth, John, Christine, Ruy. So, those are the five voting. So, so Mel, Missy, and I are the two associate members, and so there's a

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vacancy for an associate member. >> Um, >> I thought we were going to condemn it, too. >> I had to think of you as an associate member. >> Get me for free. >> Yeah. So, John Matias and Christine Molr are their terms expired.

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in June. >> Okay, I better remind them. >> Yeah. And mine did and so does Missy's. Um, so I did send mine in saying I >> When does mine expire, please? >> 2027. >> That's not unusual question to ask.

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>> Yeah, >> he's not going anywhere. >> Ruy Ruy re up last year, so he's good till 2028. And Beth is good uh 2027 just like you. You have no expiration date.

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>> No for the expiration. >> All righty. Well, >> do you think you want to do it, Chris? You want to be a member? >> Come to a couple more meetings. >> You do. >> That would be interesting. >> All right. All right.

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>> You raise anything, Chrissy? Uh I I raise pigs and uh my wife and I we have some chickens. The chickens are just for ourselves, but the pigs we we uh slaughter and sell. >> Oh, wow. >> And then my wife does cut flower farming. >> Wow. >> And where are you?

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>> Over on Burger Street. >> Oh, yeah. >> Is there I took a picture of your sign. >> Oh, just get information. I saw a weasel the other day in my yard. >> A weasel? It was a rabbit ate a rabbit's mouth in uh one of my friends saw it across my driveway yesterday. Um when I

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first moved there, I had chickens. They live in this little eighth gra in the field and I come home from work one >> that's on street just around all the heads were eaten off >> and the the game board told me it was >> you know what I seen >> but uh I have

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>> Cook what is that Barnabas Mill just before that on the I told people right that it's there but >> I mean I just like what 30 something years that's the first straight away before >> I mean

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I thought I saw something the other day run across the yard. It was dark. It was a dark but I don't but I don't think it's big enough for a weasel. >> They're not very big. They're only blocking heads that bail and they go like this. >> Just like a weasel.

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>> Yeah. >> Down street. >> Yeah. >> Are you near side of the street? >> Are you near Karen Johnson? >> You're headed towards Clinton. >> On the left side. >> On the left side. Okay. >> I can't believe >> that's people at Barnabas Mill where

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>> right tree farm where Linda, you know, Linda flowers around. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Good. How many pigs do we normally raise? >> Um, right now we have eight, which is done at once. Usually we've done six in

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the past, but trying to up it a little bit. >> Do you do you dig them somewhere for slaughter or do you do it? Yeah, you have to uh take a USDA facility >> to be able to resell them. >> Do you go to the farmers markets to

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resell? >> Carver market one season. Um and then the last batch of pig we did, we did all wholesale. So we had six pigs and we did five and a half wholesale pig. >> And then these eight we're trying to wholesale them all. And then if we can

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wholesale them all before they're done, we'll get another round stagger. Um, but if we can't wholesale, you guys will eat the meat and try to do a market. >> I think I met you over at Tractor Supply. >> It's definitely possible.

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>> Yeah, because your little guy had had muck boots on. He was running around. >> Yeah. >> And I think you had a rabbit at the time. >> No, I didn't have a rabbit. A rabbit? No. He was a chicken. Yes. He had his little chicks on him.

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>> All right. I knew you looked for me. We done with it. >> Uh, we've done beat works once. Um, but we had some trouble with the hand. >> I I was just I was just curious because I know someone else trouble. >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I've heard mixed things about there, but most of the

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stuff I've heard is pretty negative, unfortunately. >> And then um we just I can't remember the name of it. It was place in Apple is like the next closest place >> probably. Yeah. >> And that that was the uh the last place we used. We didn't have any issues with them other than the dig

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>> and they didn't put the weights on the packaging. Meat Works had the weights on the package which is really nice. >> If you ask me, they probably do it. >> Yeah, they probably would actually. >> It was pretty sad. There weren't many slaughter houses. There's nobody close. >> Terry died. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. Terry Terry would do everything and anything. >> Yeah. >> He had a decent place. >> He did a decent place and he could get the animals while they were there. >> Yes. >> Yeah. You know, I never minded my animals yet because I knew they they had they were fit and they give them clean pens and >> you know it was time to go,

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>> you know. >> Do you know where Padosies get their meats? >> No, I don't either. >> I wonder >> because it's all fresh. I don't know what but house they use. >> I don't know. I go by there. They're not the same place. Are they? >> Yeah.

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>> Down like almost by uh the old >> the old Vinnie place. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Well, by half mile before. >> Yeah. Closer to Charlie's. >> Yeah. >> Charlie passed. >> Yeah. Charlie. >> No. >> Charlie.

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>> Charlie's hardware. >> Charlie Bendini. >> The father. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Now, I wonder what will happen to that business, too. >> I know. I hope they stay. They've got

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everything and anything you'd want. Well, his son's been running it, hasn't he? >> He lost both his sons. Lost both. >> Oh. >> So, who's running it? >> Chuck is father has been there for teen years. >> Okay.

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>> Bob. Yeah. The son. Yeah. >> Yeah. But he's got a couple of long-term employees. >> Yeah. Because, you know, I'll take stuff in there and they'll actually fix it for me. >> Yeah. They have >> It's practically unheard of. I asked him so many questions. I finally

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said, "Here, give it to me." >> All right. >> Then what are you doing here? >> I love it. >> A joint event with the Ducks A Commission. This is something that I floated to Greg Morris just

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an offthe cuff thing, you know. >> Yeah. if they if they get that um association of a commissions up and running that would be great too. >> Well, Ducks has a kind of an active

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commission there as we are. So, >> yeah. Yeah. >> But I just thought and this is just me that um out there by Christine the O'Neal farm the uh Brookdale field. Is it Brookdale? They

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call it field. Is that in Kingston some of it, Rory, or is it all in Ducks? >> I think it's all in Ducks, is it? >> And who owns it? >> The downtown. >> So, the ideal thing would be to have it at Christine's and then run wagons with tractors right up on the edge all the

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way out to Winter Street. >> Bang a right and you'd have 300 yards, 400 yards maybe on the road. So, we'd have to go to the Ducksbury Police Department >> to get permission >> to get permission to get signage and maybe even have to get an officer

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because you don't want anybody piling up coming up from the rotary and going fast. >> But Kingston and Dexter are both right to farm. So, do you really need to get permission to have a tractor on the road? >> No, not a tractor, but uh you uh would

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want to have >> you'd want to slow the traffic down. Mhm. >> Yeah. The worst nightmare is somebody not paying attention hits a wagon with 30 people. >> That that would be the ideal thing, especially with the goat

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>> situation taking taking over O'Neal's. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I thought if we if we could do something with Dubberry and then Christens would be like a >> she could incorporate hers and we still keep it a town event. >> Yeah. That's connected through the

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field. They do. Christine and O'Neal. >> Yeah. So why do you have to walk on the road? >> They don't. >> If you came out on the edge of Berry Book Nursery and the field, you would be diagonally across from some of the wood

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lot area of O'Neal, but there's no road. Yeah. To the best of my The road is farther down, like I said, maybe 400 yards. >> Yeah. Yeah. I think Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, but I mean, you know, we could take advantage of the field.

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>> Oh, yeah. And Christine could >> Yeah. >> It's just something to think about. >> And not this year. >> Didn't you say you >> the next duary egg meet? >> I should I you know, I should let me

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talk to Greg. Greg Morrison. >> Is that the gentleman I met? Yes. >> Yeah. Common. >> Yeah. Yeah, actually I think initially probably just the two chairman and some you know vice chairman to just kind of get a rough idea. I don't think you want

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all of us there. >> No, I mean uh what's what's Earl's position? >> I don't remember his last name. He's a cranberry grower. It's retired. I think he's still active. >> Earlier

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I don't know. Anyway, and just something to think about and I'll I'll uh I'll talk to Greg again at some point. >> Father, it shouldn't be that much that big of a deal for him to do that. >> No, but Ruby's right. You just, you

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know, >> they may want to industry may do it as a courtesy. >> They may do it as a courtesy even, you know, >> the police. >> Yeah. I even know if you You're a funny guy. >> The ideal thing would be, like I said,

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run them on tractor, run them on the road, >> then turn into and go into O'Neals. >> Yeah. >> Where we would have goats, >> the whole goat setup. >> Yeah. >> And it would it would promote everybody's stuff. I mean, that's >> Yeah.

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>> You know, Christine's and isn't the girl who's running the goats? >> Yeah. Elaine. >> Yeah. Is she going to start selling to the public or >> Yes. Well, that's why they did. Yeah. I think was it June or July that she start selling to the public? They got it pretty much pretty well set up. They're pretty rich. They're going to they're

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going to be also making besides artisan cheeses. They're going to eventually go into selling I think milk too. >> Milk. >> Yeah. >> Is that rich sweet? >> You know, it's very creamy and it is a little sweet. >> Okay. Earl Ricker.

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>> Ricker. R E R. Lisa is um a member. They don't have anybody named for chairperson. >> Hey, how do they pull that off? That would be nice. >> Rich, RITCH, Priscilla Chandler, Gregory

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Morris, and Ori Fontaine. >> Is that Jeff wife Priscilla? >> Priscilla maybe. >> Yeah, it must be. >> And then there's a select board liaison, Brian Glenn. And so they've got one, two, three, four, five, six.

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They must they must have, you know, with the chairperson that would make it seven because you always have to have an odd number. So they must all just be voting members. Maybe you know associate members. >> But it's really sad that people would,

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>> you know, they're just not used to farm wagons on the road. You know, >> people are so embarrassed. >> They'd be really shocked when they go to Lancaster. Yeah, I said you wouldn't tell everyone slow down >> down there and across the country in the honest you hit all the time. That's >> awful. Yeah, they do. They do. But I

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mean, at least you're used to >> lots of horses and boogies and >> and wagons and stuff. >> I mean, you used to always ride, you know, take the tractors and wagons on the road. >> And I think >> down here on the south, there's still

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one side of the road to ride where I grew up. Mhm. >> I mean, there's a wide area like this beside the road all the time. You know, kids rode the bikes. We all drive our horses, but you know, you could all the time down here. You got if you got big brush on the side of the road. >> Yeah. There's not enough room to pull over.

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>> Well, there's no place to ride. You need to ride in the road. You ride someone's lawn. >> I don't know. >> I mean, I'm not riding, you know, but >> that would I hear you. >> You have to go. You have to you have to somewhere. >> Yeah. I think I think it's an interesting idea, >> you know.

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>> Well, let me let me talk to let me talk to Greg again. >> Yeah. >> Just to see. >> Um roundt meeting while we're sort of segueing into that. That was pretty interesting. >> Oh yeah. >> Um

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anybody else want to comment? R you want to comment on it at all? >> That's some interesting jingle. >> Yeah. >> Well, I have I have notes. >> Oh. Uh, that was all I had with me at the time. Um, >> I was going to say who who what

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organization purchased the Marabet property? >> I don't know why. >> Because they were there. >> Oh, were they? >> Yeah. Um, >> it wasn't it wasn't Sachuk, right? >> No, >> it's it's a um land agricultural land

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preservation organization. Okay. Um. >> Oh, I guess. >> Okay. >> And are they going to do something with it? >> I don't know. >> So, what what all did they purchase? Just the blueberries. >> I think the blueberries

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>> and and the barn area or >> that I don't know. >> Okay. Because those used to be some great blueberries and they didn't take care of them. >> They don't know. >> Yeah. >> I'd like So, >> um,

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let me see. First of all, it was it was very well attended. >> Yeah. There were 40 people there at least. >> Yeah. So, this was put on by the Department of Agriculture, the state department of agriculture and they're doing these regional roundts and they

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had some information um for us and and also they went around and had everybody say, you know, who they were. That's how I knew saw Chuck because I I don't think I remember meeting him before. Okay. So then they

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talked about preserving farmland. That was a big issue. And um using CPA funds, which I laughed, they don't even want to finance my affordable housing trust. Um then the

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newsletter list um that that was Karen from uh >> from the Farm Bureau um who talked about the newsletter. Um county board meetings. Let me see. Sean from MD on

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egg composting. uh farm the farm and market report from the MD that you can sign up for. Uh wildlands help with farm preservation. Yeah. Um so I'm not sure if I signed up.

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I do get a newsletter now and then I don't know if it's the same one she was talking about um protecting they did have a webinar on on protecting your um

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your land and who did I just talk to? Lynn. Um Lynn is in East Bridgewater. She was there. She was sitting beside me. Um, she sat beside me yesterday at Southshore Recycling. She does the books for Smith, Can Smith.

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>> Oh. >> And she's involved with there's they have a farmer who wants to to sell his land to have it cons um preserved >> in East.

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I think it's East Bridgewater or TW. Um, and so she was asking me, you know, where to go. And I said, well, you know, I would start with MD and see what what they have as far as grants because she said, you know, obviously the guy wants to get paid for his land. So >> I think it's the Clemeninski. There's a

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lot of >> maybe >> on both sides of the street. >> Yeah, maybe. >> And uh >> Okay. So the adcoms that were there were from Boxford, Marshfield. Did you know any of the guys from Marshfield?

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>> I didn't. >> Kingston and Dubberry. >> Yeah, we talked about roosters. It was common issue. Um need younger members. Where have we heard that before? Yeah. >> We have one.

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>> Maybe >> tours of a properties. Um if you if you get the CAP uh newsletter, they they have a lot of tours of different um farms in the Southshore there.

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>> You know, one of the most interesting things that came out of there was Saw Chuck's comments about when he bought the carousel >> from the train and he put it up in on his property and then he discovered he had to put a building over it in order to preserve it. nine months out of the

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year, the town of Clinton or or Halifax tried to stop him >> from doing it >> from doing it. And if you have a right to farm law in your town >> under agro tourism, not agro

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entertainment, was it? >> Okay. >> It was agro tourism and agro >> something. We'll say entertainment. >> You can do it because he stopped him right in the tracks. >> Good. He he checked. >> So I don't know if it's I I honestly

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think it's still in Plent. >> I think he's in Well, I don't know where his corn maze is. It could be Halifax. >> His corn maze is on the road just past his stand on the left. >> Yeah, but that could be Halifax. I'm not sure where that line is. His His stand is in Plton, but about the corn maze.

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>> Yeah. But when he mentioned that, I said, "Wow." >> That's why you have right to farm. >> Yeah. You know, that was one of the things Barry, you know, after Barry got me to um set up the egg commission, then he said, "I want you to to get a right

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to farm." So, you know, we did that too through town meeting. So, that was Barry. It was all Barry getting everything going. >> Barry poking you to get it going. >> Well, yeah. You know, hey Jean, I've known you for a long time. here now you're think

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>> yeah he was very supportive >> oh he was oh >> had a lot of great ideas >> but he that was >> he really did >> yeah yeah >> you know because otherwise he got me >> and Christine got from the beginning

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>> really believed in um let me see share info to get community support and that's one of the things we probably don't do enough of as a as an at calm is to let people know we're here. >> We've tried Jean though.

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>> I know. I don't know really. >> Our fear is our our best advertisement. >> It is. >> And >> so what I was thinking, John, you know, when I go before the selectment to get permission to use the gazebo. I was going to do a little summary of

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everything we've done this past year. What do you think? >> Oh, I sorry. I was up at >> What time were you out in the water? >> Early. >> Early. I think I was on 5:30 for a slate.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. So, I don't know how how to do that, but I thought, you know, I would at least give them kind of a brief summary of what we've done this past year. And >> Well, you wrote that report. >> Just >> Yeah, but I don't know the >> pick up and Yeah, that that just

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interesting. Yeah, that just goes in the that annual report book. >> Yes. >> Who do you know reads that? >> I probably do, but not a lot of people. >> Not a lot of people. >> I know. But you could just >> I was kind of loud.

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>> I also worked out a meeting. >> Yeah. But to There are people who watch the meeting either live or the recording so it gets a little more info out there. I would say just keep it as short and sweet as you can because you'll have them,

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>> you know, you'll lose interest quick. >> I've seen it. >> I know. I know. I know. Um, let me see. And who who's going to be chair? We have no idea who's going to be chair, you know. And we're going to have a new um

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moderator for the for the meeting for the annual meeting. >> Um let me see >> what happened to our own was what happened to >> the election is this Saturday

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>> and town meeting is until June 6. >> The new moderator will be running. >> All right. And then um they were recommending using students from the egg schools for projects. I mean I think we tried to do that, right?

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>> Can you reach out to >> I reached out but um for the egg fair and they were very interested but >> nobody showed right. >> No it was the timing because the school was closing. >> Oh okay. >> For the summer. >> Mhm. Oh yeah. So then they go back in early September and

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>> Well, no it was the act fair. They hadn't really started yet. >> Yeah. The timing was off. If they wanted students, >> okay, interested more. >> We'd have to go ask earlier, I guess. Well, it would depend on the egg fair date. >> Yeah. Well, it was it's always been in

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September. >> Okay. >> But it really doesn't give them enough time to get organized. I think that was the issue, you know. >> Same with the high school. >> Yeah. >> Um, one of the things they talked about is

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creating an agricultural preservation fund. and um trying to get funding through the CPC for that. So, I don't know how how towns go about doing that, but that

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would give us money to purchase egg land because we can purchase egg land. >> Yeah, we do. >> Um let me see. Marshfield Community Gardens. They have 21 4x8 raised beds and they

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generate money. Um I guess through leasing leasing the beds out. >> Yeah. >> Let me see. >> I think Abington does that as well. >> Do they? >> They pay a fee too >> to use the garden. >> Well, you you also have to have someone

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there who can administer. >> Yeah. you know, to make sure things are running well. And but there's a whole lot to whole lot to doing it. You know, you've got to have arable land. You've got to have water. You've got to have something

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>> money to get started. Yeah. To get the bed started. >> Yeah. This is Franklin. They they seem to be very active. They had a lot of events going on. Um they have trained staff to educate KCOM. Oh,

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MMCC Massachusetts. It must have to do with conservation, but they have trained staff to help educate your local concomy when

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61A land is available. So that that could just be uh uh you know like a memo from us to make sure that the town administrator recognizes that we need to be notified when 61A man becomes available. I don't know if he

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would do that or if the assessor >> assessors I would think. >> Yeah, >> probably should identify all the 61A. >> I have a list. >> You do? >> Yeah. Yeah. I had pulled a list. Um, I don't think I have it with me, but yeah, I I asked the assessors for a complete

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list of R61A. You want me to bring it next time? >> Uh, sure. >> Okay. I could email it to everybody, too. I think it's I think it's a spreadsheet. I can email you. >> It is. I I had one. >> Did I send it to you?

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>> When I was chair, I had one. >> Okay. I can send that. >> Thanks, >> okay. The adome handbook. Do we have an egg handbook? >> Uh, needs to be updated. Need a fiveyear

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action plan. >> Well, John will be John's thing. >> Maybe. >> Yeah. >> Carver had some interesting brochures, too. We just have We just have that one

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that we put together. >> Yeah. Um, and I tried to keep it supplied down in the the um in the town clerk's office. I should check them again

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have recycling the flowable housing supply. Okay. So, that was I don't know if we have a handbook. >> We don't that I know of. >> I'm not aware of it. Do you remember Billy? Okay.

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>> But let's see. Carver has a handbook how to work master plan cons. So we could probably take a look at Carver's website. See what they've got. >> Sure. >> Adapo it assessor's plan. I'm not sure

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what that meant. Practice integrated planning. I guess that means working with all the other departments. Good luck on that one. Um, consider having junior memberships

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for the egg conf. >> I'm just reporting in. >> Okay, just reporting. Um, let me see. Open space must include egg info. Obviously, I didn't do a very good job of taking notes here. Oh, you did better

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than I did. >> Old colony planning can help put together a plan if we don't if if we but I don't know if they do that for free or pay them to do that because I know we're

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paying what are we paying 30 or 40,000 for the U housing production plan. We have a consultant from Ro Colony that's helping us put that together. >> I mean, the sad part is Kingston's

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reached the point where Yeah. so little agricultural land, >> but I think we're we're developing little pockets of agricultural like the the um flower farms and and

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you know your your establishment and I think there's a couple others around where they so we might have actually more than we than we're aware of. >> Let me ask you did you get any push back when you uh wanted to raise pigs? That's

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actually kind of a funny story. >> Um, yeah, I I bought the house a little over two years ago and it was pretty much totally abandoned. Um, the guy I think died in the house and so even before that one old handicap guy and the

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property was completely unused and houses had to be completely redone. But we had a pig there briefly. We brought them over from our farm in Middbury where we were raising them to finish them off in Kingston and we had them there briefly finished them off and then

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it was about a year year or so that we didn't have anything on the property and then back in March I got a letter from someone in the zoning department saying that there was an anonymous complaint about me raising swine on my property and that's pretty much all it said. It

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didn't say anything about smells, noise, anything. It just said there was an anonymous complaint. So, I reached out to my neighbors who I already am like pretty friendly with and I just said like, "Hey, I got this complaint. Like, I'm not sure if there was like a mixup or something cuz like I haven't had pigs

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in over a year." Um, but I know my neighbor has pigs, so I was like, if someone was complaining about smell or noise, maybe it's it's his pigs. Like, I was just trying to figure out what was going on. And uh one of my neighbors had had a a rat issue and I guess she was

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she host poker nights and she said that someone from the poker nights works in the town hall and he submitted a complaint on her behalf saying that her pig or her rat issue was he doesn't want pigs. >> And like that, isn't it?

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>> Yeah. And so she she said like it wasn't me, it was him. And then so I mean her and I we get along no problem but I mean I don't really have a rat issue but I'm doing everything I can to to prevent the rat issue and I've talked to Joyce and the the board of health department and

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everything. Um but because of that letter I just started to dive into making sure that I'm doing everything properly and not breaking any rules and whatever. through all the research and everyone I've talked to in the town hall and MDAR

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and wherever I'm not breaking any rule and I'm perfectly fine. So I got a little bit of push back but >> but his is the what what we had talked about at the other meetings. It's the exception because the backyard farming because

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he's commercial. >> Yeah. >> And so that word >> commercial >> there's an exception. So >> yeah, >> if it's with our zoning now, I have a call in to Val to make it clear for for me to understand.

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>> Your part I get. I just don't know because it's zoning and that's not me and I want to make sure I understand it as I understand it. Now, if your commercial, which means five acres, >> right, >> or two acres,

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>> can qualify if >> you make >> there's revenue of $1,000 per acre, >> right? Per year. >> Per year. >> And then in in those two cases, Kingston can't

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say no to anything really if it's agriculture related. So that's why he's >> covered everything back. >> But I what the call I have into Val is okay. I I got that part, but now can you

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tell me because the the zoning law is still on our books and there's no there's no caveat there. >> Can I see that? I >> think that's the same thing she gave me. I was going to try to bring tonight and I forgot. But

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yeah, so she gave me this exact thing with the this highlighted above saying any stable enclosure or fence shall be in the rear yard and not less than 30 feet from any lot line. And she told me that that was all she was worried about.

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>> Okay. >> So I made every I made sure everything that was related to the bikes is at least 30 feet from the property line. Right. >> Um, but yeah, this is what she gave me >> because well, I don't know >> because I think the thing that she highlighted here is there should be no

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raising of swine or furbearing animals except as permitted in this law here. Y >> and this is I think Massachusetts state law. >> Yeah. >> So if you look up this state law, that's where you find the >> two to five acreception. Yeah. >> Yeah. I bet that. So what I the question

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that I left for Bal was okay we get that but what about this is still on the books and does it relate to the average backyard farmer that is not a non-commercial so I haven't heard from

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>> well I >> I would assume there's no changes but you I don't know that that that's an assumption and so >> you don't know because that was a specific question I asked I specifically asked about pigs before I moved here. You know, is there any restrictions on

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my land of any animals I cannot have like pigs or horses or goats or chickens or anything? She just Well, probably elephants or giraffes wouldn't do so well in town, but there's no restrictions on anything else. I'm like, okay. >> Find out. >> Everyone I talked to basically didn't didn't know anything. Yeah.

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>> And they basically said like, I'll have to get back to you. And then like a week later, I'd hear back and they'd just give me the information that I already had. So, but they're just doing the same research that I'm doing. >> Yeah, it's and a lot of the people that

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I talk to that are in our 20, but as you know, it's not supposed to have any. >> I have I say just because I want to start the conversation. Did you check with Tom Hall or anybody to see if this was per permissible use?

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>> And I've had more than one several people say they called and they got no information. Well, they actually told me that it >> Yeah, >> but how many years ago was that zoning? >> I know we don't have a zoning. It's really although I do have from 2024 and

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five >> that's gone. I have an email that says pics in noncommercial. No. And I you can't >> Yeah. That's why I had to put a call into Val because >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because we have no

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building inspector, no zoning enforcement officer, >> right? So, >> we are we doing things building inspector? >> Um, the last I heard was >> intro. >> Yeah. There's someone that comes in a

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few hours each week, but they're always out in the field. >> Yeah. So basically there's an administrative assistant in the zoning office >> just like with our finance director. I'm using it Carol McCoy in Maine.

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>> In Maine. Yes. >> Yeah. Again. So they did give us um a list of all the adcom activities by town from 2025 to 2026. I didn't see Kingston in here. So, I don't know where they got

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the information from, but if you want to you want to um you know, if you have any interest at all in what some of the other eggcoms are doing, and it looks like there are quite a few. I mean, I've got three, four, five, six pages of um

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different eggcoms that are active. So, uh what's this one say? Amherst, the eggcom has vanished despite having staff support. Wow. Uh, this one says they haven't met since co

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>> Gil. Where's Gil? It must be out west. >> Adcom has a $500 budget but lacks a sense of purpose. >> It holds a farm harvest festival in the fall. Um, but it looks like some of them are doing egg days or egg fairs and that

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sort of thing. And they do talk about a lot of farmers markets. So the Kingston Farmers Market is back every sun uh every first Sunday at Grace Beach. And then the one in Plymouth um

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started today I think and there every Thursday uh from 2:30 to 6 at the Plymouth Library. >> So they library now. Okay. >> At the library now. Now it's the library at the museum.

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>> Well, they used they were Plymouth Plantation for a long time. Then they went to the G pub. >> What's the G? >> Um, how can I explain? It's out towards Market Basket. Used to be um an Ocean State building.

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>> Yeah. And then they in the interim too there was another place. Where the heck was that? >> I don't know. Well, this winter they had it at Mayflower >> uh brewery in inside. It was a small one. Um but they had that. But then I we

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resources. Join our mailing list. receive project updates and invitations. Enroll in project offerings ordered by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Resources. I'm going to I'm going to um let Lynn

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know about that. So, if there's any any interest uh in having them even just come over and talk to us, we could we could ask them. >> I don't think in the next couple of years there's going to be any interest

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on the part of the town to spend any money on open space. >> I don't know. They just found 3.1 million in free cash. How do you lose? >> That's story. >> Bookkeeping.

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>> The bookkeeping was a little loose. I think >> a little while sketchy. >> Little sketchy. >> Um, all right. Legislative breakfast. Do you want to speak to that, Jean, because you went? >> Yeah, that was, you know, it's always

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good. They give us a list of uh all the all the pending bills and which ones they support and which ones they don't support. And you know, if you're inclined, you can always let your legislators know which ones you want them to support, which ones not to. Um,

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what was Karen? Karen talked a lot. She is really doing a lot with she's now the executive director at the barn here. Um, are you a member of the farm here? >> No. If you join if you join the agricultural

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commission, you're automatically a member. >> Um, >> well, is it a blanket membership for all of us or is it >> Yes. >> Oh, it is. >> You can go to their events free. >> There's no charge to us because I did

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ask I said, you know, I feel kind of funny. I come to all these breakfast, but we're not technically a member. You know, we don't pay to be a member. and she said, "Well, they like the icons to come, so they get a free more or less." >> Yeah. I just didn't know whether that

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meant for the insurance and stuff. >> That I don't know, but Karen Karen could certainly tell you. Yeah, she is. She's super smart and a lot of energy and um >> spoke spoke quite a bit. I didn't bring

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any notes from that, but I was sitting next to the um not the agricultural commissioner, but

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her I guess assistant agricultural commissioner. So, you're sitting next to me and then I saw him in the news a couple times after that >> in a good way. Um, you know, there's it's always good to to sit and talk with some some of the

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people from from around. For me it is because I'm not actively involved in agriculture anymore, but interesting to sit and talk with people from all different parts of the southeast and see what's going on and other eggcoms and uh

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and of course all the legislators come and tell you what they're doing for the egg group. And one guy got up and said, "You're not doing anything for the egg agricultural community in our area." >> It's a little Yeah, I say Dylan

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Fernandez is paying attention. >> I think he is not not only to land farming, but also aquaculture. And that's probably where you're engaged with him. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And Kathy, too. She's with her.

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>> And Kathy's she's on top of everything. Every time you go somewhere, she's there. >> There she is. But she does. >> Who's Kath? >> Kathy. She's good. >> She's the chairperson of the >> Oh, >> that has to do with >> Yeah. with

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>> the seas. >> Yeah. >> I can't remember what that >> her title is. Title is. >> Yeah. But I think the two of them really >> We're fortunate. They do. Yeah. you know, um and they're both up for reelection. So,

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>> not Saturday's election. >> No, this would be in November. >> November. >> Yeah. Yeah, this would be in November. Um but yeah, they've both fought pretty hard to bring some um financial assistance to the area all across you

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know libraries, police, fire, whatever um to to make sure you know we get our fair share of the uh money that's available. But yeah, it's I I I would encourage you to go to the breakfast. You've gone.

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>> I'm gone. I just didn't go this year. >> Yeah. Uh it was I just always find it um nice to be in a room with other people in engaged in agriculture. >> Likeminded. >> Likeminded. Yes. >> Likeminded. >> Yes.

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>> You know, I was surprised when um I got the I I wanted to ask you who notified you when I was getting the day old chicks about the aven influencer and what I had to do. Was it Megan? I want to say yes

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>> because there was an outbreak of aven influenza in Lancaster County >> that they were I was amazed that they >> Lancaster County >> that they made that connection >> and that's where I get my chicks >> right I know you >> I got a call

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>> five days before and said really oh by the way >> this is what and then they was it I think it was Megan I told >> I think it was too that she knew the chicks you were getting >> were were from a positive little county. >> Yeah. And uh she said the farm there had been no problem with the farm, but I had

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to take precautions. >> Yeah. >> Which only cost me But anyway, >> is that out that farm out of Marietta? >> The farm used. Yeah. >> Yeah. They've had they've still having having it going around down there. Seems

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like they just can't kill it off. >> Oh, I did some research at one time. I I spoke maybe four years ago at Polish County and uh the aven influenza raises its head every couple of decades. It's

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not something that uh just came out, you know, came out this last 10 years ago. >> Well, if you got you got all the wild birds carrying it around, you know, there's not a lot you can do. >> No. And a lot of people I don't agree

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with, you know, that the chickens free range, >> you know, and if you freerange them and you're feeding, putting water and feed out there, you're asking for them to show >> That's right. Everybody comes. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Party at least comes. >> Yeah. And I don't know why people think

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free range eggs are better than >> It's a It's a gimmick. >> Yeah, I think so. The bugs, >> they don't have to eat the bugs themselves. The chickens will eat them, I guess. get hands. They'll take care of all the plugs. >> And the neighbor >> and the neighbor, too.

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>> Yeah. But no, I would encourage everybody to go. They do is it once a year, twice a year? >> Once a year. >> Once a year. >> And then then maybe they have a dinner. >> Oh, they have a fall dinner in a in a winter thing. That's right. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, that's right. >> But I think it's Yeah.

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>> No, it it's certainly a bonus for us to be able to attend. >> Oh, yeah. It's It's always interesting. Just don't eat the eggs. Powdered eggs. Powdered eggs. >> I eat a little bit of everything there.

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Ry taste when you get powdered. >> All righty. Ted, please. >> Um, uh, I was reappointed, so I am good until April 30th,

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2027. >> Good. >> Good. >> So, it's a year a year at a time. >> Yeah, that's all it is. >> Well, that's fine, actually. >> Okay. >> Anybody want to get it? >> Not exactly. >> No, no.

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just give it away. >> Um, animal controller, actually it was me. I had a concern raised about some chickens out on um Nelson Street and um animal

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control and Chelsea, the MSBCA gal went out there. In fact, um and I knew the folks um that did live there. They've temporarily moved and they did leave a couple of chickens and um Chelsea and

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animal control were able to get them rehomed and Joyce went out with the animal control and um the place has been cleaned up. So that situation has resolved. >> They moved and left some chickens. >> Yeah.

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Not a fire. Um, but >> I have a friend who purchased a house not Nottingham um off of 106. Is that Ningham the big development that goes in there?

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>> Um, >> nobody or N. >> They bought a house in Nuke's Mill and they had chickens. They were moving some of us where they and in the se the purchase and sales agreement they had

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written that they couldn't kill the chickens or give them away or whatever. I know this man, you know, the guy's an former engineer and he bought the the thing and he said and we raised them for six years until they died.

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>> But he said it was in the purchase and sales >> sales agreement. Oh my gosh. >> Yeah. People had and they they had names. >> They had to use their name. >> I think it was six chickens filming. You got to be kidding me, Ryan. No, I'm not

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kidding you. >> That's amazing. >> It's even more amazing that they did that. >> Very nice. >> Bill come to Bill's a nice place. >> It is a nice place. Yeah. Yeah. >> All right. Go ahead. Uh, no.

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>> And I stopped by 116 Gro Street because of the zoning issues and met uh left information for Chris who was here tonight. So that is the plant family farm and flowers. >> Yeah,

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>> man knows how to take care of what's right. Uh, and I have the call in to Val to hopefully explain the >> this clarifying >> clarify for us. >> Um,

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I sent out a couple of barn book fuzzes. number 19 on May 8th and number 20 on May 11th. Uh it was Caps the Silver Lake um plant

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sale and one was a reminder for this meeting. the dog program we talked about. I am going on vacation again to Virginia. >> Town pay.

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>> I All she does is take vacation. >> June 3rd through 9th. My brother-in-law's 80th birthday. >> Do you drop that? >> No way. And I won't fly either. I'm on the train. >> Oh, I love it. >> What are you doing? change New York?

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>> No, the the Northeast Regional actually. I It goes from Boston to Manasse. >> Does it? >> All the way. It's like an 11 hour 10 hour. Maybe it's a 10 hour, but I don't care. It's not a plane and it's not a car. >> Can you sleep? >> I can. Yeah. Well, if you get business

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class, the seats are huge >> and you can recline them almost all the way. The one I take coming home is an overnight and it stops in New York, but they put all the lights out and everything. I actually do sleep. >> Yeah. Yeah. Everybody knows plan sale Saturday.

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Saturday. >> Okay. >> Vote. Yeah. >> And vote. >> And vote. >> And vote. >> Remember to vote and go to the plan sale. You can do it all in one little trip. >> Oh, and one more thing. It's the second time Kathy Aumora

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has asked me to ask you um to consider doing some type of registration for programs. She always wants to know how many people are coming and I always say we don't know. >> So I mean you might want to kick that around how it work. She asked last time.

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>> Are the Have the speakers asked you like, you know, what do you anticipate or how many? >> Well, they always Yeah, they always ask how many I anticipate. And of course, I'm always off greatly. Um because I was sure we'd have 30 to

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40. The last one, I think we had nine. Um, >> so I don't know if other >> Yeah, you have to have have the right software to set up a registration process

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and it may not be that difficult. I've just never set one up. >> I don't know how to >> how to do that. >> Can Brandy do it if it's going to be jointly with the >> Yeah, ask her. >> I bet I bet they do. I bet they >> they register. They register for all.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. And the library does too, >> right? They do. Yeah. >> Well, let me I mean, at least for this one, we could I could ask. >> Yeah. And if it's successful, maybe we can do another one. I just think it's great to educate kids

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about dogs. >> Yeah. And you went to the program. You liked it. >> Yeah. Yeah. No, she does a nice job. I mean, >> yeah. Well, so many kids. It's okay. I think we're in trouble.

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Just don't understand. They think they do. They're sure they do, but they don't. They have the It's the wrong signals. >> Well, my with the Well, three of my grandchildren have grown up with labs that you think kids can climb

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all over them. >> And then >> they can't for other people's dogs. >> Well, no, I know. And and then uh my son's Rusty was he was a good dog, but he just he wanted his space.

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>> And uh >> was he a lab, too? >> No, he was a a mix from St. Thomas. >> Oh, she dog. >> Yeah. He was promised to be a boat dog. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Never made it. >> Well, he's gonna But anyway, so yeah, I

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think it's a good thing, you know. Parents actually is the people that need to need >> that need to understand. Yeah. >> Yeah. If they didn't grow up around dogs have a couple of dogs, you know, they're great dogs, but you know, just good

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kids, too. >> Yeah. >> Children, too. >> But you you never know. I mean, with a kid poke at the dog. >> Yeah. >> Anyway, >> it's the hugging. It really freaks a lot of them out. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> But they like it. No,

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>> they don't. >> They may not. >> The hugging. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Put your arms around the dog. >> Your little face is right by the dog's face. Not always. >> Then the dog gets blamed for >> anyway. Anything else? Anybody got

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anything else? >> Almost there. >> Chris, anything you want to add? Well, thank you for the >> Anybody want to make a motion? >> A motion. We adjourn the >> We try to do it once a month. We're gonna take a little break for the summer, I think. Are we Do you want to

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meet in June or do we want to >> Oh, yeah. You want to study date or not? >> Or or do we want to just We don't have the egg fair. We don't have an egg fair. >> So, why don't we just plan on having our regular meeting in September?

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>> That sounds good. That's a good suggest, >> you know, and if something comes up, you can always schedule. >> And Deb, if you need anything, just on the dog thing. John reminder I'm just an associate I don't >> Yeah but you carried you carried a load

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Jean. Yeah. >> Okay. So the um the second Sat Thursday in September is the 10th. I already have it on on my calendar.

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So it must mean we have to meet then. >> Thank you. >> Okay. So did you guys vote on adjournment? We did. >> I I vote I made a motion that second. >> Okay. All in favor? I I meeting

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adjourned.